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Reproductive colonization of land by frogs: Embryos and larvae excrete urea to avoid ammonia toxicity

Vertebrate colonization of land has occurred multiple times, including over 50 origins of terrestrial eggs in frogs. Some environmental factors and phenotypic responses that facilitated these transitions are known, but responses to water constraints and risk of ammonia toxicity during early developm...

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Autores principales: Méndez‐Narváez, Javier, Warkentin, Karen M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8843769/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35222954
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8570